Chapter 525: Breakthrough in Autopsy
To kill the Black Billy Goat, they had to destroy this broken limb!
Not only to complete this autopsy quest, this was also the way to go. The tubes regenerated very quickly. Gu Jun paused only for a moment before he swapped the scissors back for the scalpel. He sliced through the tubes. With each tube severed, it disconnected the connection between the unborn babies and 'mother'. Each tube severed quietened the sound of the baby crying in his mind.
However, the tubes were regenerating like crazy, they gathered together like fiber optics. Gu Jun slashed through them and exhausted another big chunk of his mental power. If this continued, he would end up mentally drained but the thing would still be regenerating. The tubes grew and the leg dissolved. The hoof was large, it was uncertain how deep the foot cavity was. From surface observation, it was about 30 cm deep and so far they had only reached about 10 cm. Below that, there would be even more tube-like organs. Everyone noticed this problem. Uncle Dan looked around nervously to find tools suitable for a 5cm times 5cm opening. There were a few crowbars lying around. Uncle Dan asked, "Ah Jun, can we use these crowbars to poke through the hole and mess up the tubes that way?"
"No, it'll only work with Carlot instruments…" Gu Jun answered, "And it has to exhaust the user's mental power or else the organs will be too tough to cut. However, there is another method."
While the rest looked on with confusion, Gu Jun tightened his jaw and reached his right arm holding the scalpel right into the foot cavity. Uncle Dan, Wang Ruoxiang and the rest were shocked. Earlier, when Gu Jun was conducting the autopsy, he tried to prevent direct contact with the green liquid, because the City of Dusk already gave the warning. Even though they were in protective gear, it would be safer to stay away. But now, the dark green liquid soaked Gu Jun's right arm. No one knew whether the protective gear was effective or not…
The moment he reached into the foot cavity, Gu Jun felt his hand reach into the abyss. Endless shadows tried to corrupt him and the babies' crying became louder. He confirmed instantly that there were even more umbilical cords in here, connected to more abnormal babies. Before he could decide what to do next, his arm was bound together by the threads. His arm muscle tensed, he could feel the muscle tearing, the veins popping and pain shot through him.
"Dirty-minded Jun?" Wu Siyu sensed the danger and hurried towards Gu Jun. The Zoogs immediately scattered.
"I'm still fine…" Gu Jun gritted his teeth. With everyone watching, he applied force on his right arm. While some of the muscle fibers snapped, the blade in his hand sliced madly inside the foot cavity. The illusions danced, the umbilical cords were severed, green liquid spattered and the mist surrounding the babies dissipated. Suddenly it dawned on Gu Jun why the maternal examination failed. It was because every abnormal baby was nurtured inside 2 wombs. The typical maternal examinations could not detect the other womb, the Black Goat's womb. It existed in an indescribable space, it gathered, descended during birth.
To destroy that womb's connection to earth, that perhaps was the true solution… but now he had to hack through these umbilical cords first…
Gu Jun reached further down until he believed he had arrived at the deepest part of the foot cavity. There was even more green liquid and it almost corroded the glove. In his mind, the babies cried harder and the panic within the cries assaulted his every nerve.
"Ah!" Gu Jun shouted. A searing pain came from his arm and he almost dropped the scalpel. With determination, he held on. The fingers were in standard position. The thumb, middle, ring and pinkie held the hilt while the index finger guided the back of the scalpel. Among the chaos, he focused and activated the magic inside the scalpel. He brought up the image of the bright Carlot Academy, the clear fountain, the clean marble floor, the beautiful buildings… The Goddess of Life was not the evil, disgusting ball of black flesh. The Goddess of Life was light, the smiles of happy parents seeing their child for the first time and the cooing of the child being welcomed by their parents…
With a quick swipe of the scalpel, Gu Jun cut through all the tubes at the lowest part of the foot cavity. He could see them being severed, the green liquid flowing through the tubes squirting everywhere.
The people around him though could see the threads that curled around Gu Jun's arm snapping at incredible speed. They wilted quickly. The flow of green liquid stopped.
"This…" Uncle Dan looked here and there. There was something different about the goat's leg. Wang Ruoxiang's feeling was more acute. If it was a waterfall earlier, now it was like a pool of dead water. The liquifying area halted. The skins stopped sinking in.
"Oh?" Wu Siyu studied the giant goat's leg. She could taste the difference. The meat would no longer produce worms but it would make a delicious pot of stew. But consuming it would still cause stomachache. "The goat's leg is now really dead," She said.
Dead? Finally? The Zoogs looked on furtively. Does that mean they were no longer in danger?
Gu Jun gasped. He was covered in sweat as he slowly pulled his right arm out from the foot cavity, carrying with it green liquid and some shredded soft tissue. Everyone asked whether he was alright. He nodded his head. "I'm fine, the liquefaction stopped. The tube-like organs are the leg's regenerative organ as well as the umbilical cords that connect to the abnormal babies… I feel like we should call them Abnormal Cords."
Wonderful! When they heard that new term, they confirmed that it was the right Gu Jun. Xiao Huiwen nodded, yes, this kind of strange naming feels appropriate… Wait, what am I saying?
At the same time, Gu Jun turned to the new notifications in his mind.
"You've gained a breakthrough in the autopsy of Black Billy Goat, autopsy progress increases by 3 percent, current progress is 4.51 percent. Remaining quest time: 289:21:46.
"You've gained a breakthrough in your autopsy ability. Autopsy science experience plus 1000. Currently 1500/15000 (Level 2/9)."
Gu Jun took a deep breath after seeing these 2 messages. He confirmed the regenerative organ in the bone was destroyed, and the goat's leg was really dead. It was indeed a great breakthrough. He gripped the carlot scalpel lightly and turned to study the goat's leg. There was less than 290 hours left to his quest. But his attitude was different for there was now hope! He would work hard for a better future.
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